Night-robe



(No Model.)

J. GRUNDY.

NIGHT ROBE.

Patented Apr. 5, 1898.

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JOHN GRUNDY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

NIGHT-ROBE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,006, dated April 5,1898. Application filed November 17 1897. Serial No. 658,830- (1T0model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN GRUNDY, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State ofNew Jersey, have made certain new and useful Improvements inNight-Robes, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in articles of wearing-apparel, andmore specifically to night-robes and the like.

My invention has for its object to construct the ordinary night robe orshirt with a simple, inexpensive,and eflicient receptacle for the feetof the wearer.

It has been customary prior to my invention to construct night-robeswith independent leg portions conformed approximately to the shape ofthe leg or with independent sections of hose secured to the interiorsurface of the night-robe, in which the wearer could insert the feet,and many other constructions have been provided for this purpose, inall-of which, to the best of my knowledge, the feet and a portion of thelimbs of the wearer have been confined in separate receptacles, whichinterposes two or more thicknesses of the cloth (of which the garment iscomposed) between the limbs of the wearer, overheating the limbs andproducing constant annoyance.

One of the objects of my invention is to produce a night-robe whereinthe wearer can have absolute freedom of movement in resting and in whichcomplete ventilation and prevention of overheating will be had, owing tothe capacity of my construction'for allowing the uncovered limbs of thewearer to come 4 together.

My invention consists in a night-robe or like garment having either inthe front'or back (preferably the latter) a pouch or receptacle formedby extending the front or rear breadth of the material, as the case maybe, of which the garment is composed beyond the lower limits of thegarment, which extension is then turned up and secured at the sides, andat the upper edge at apointintermediate of the sides to the front orrear breadth of cloth composing the garment, the intermediate connectingportion forming the means for preventing the pouch sagging down in thecenter, the interior of the pouch being of the goods and to increase thedepth of the pouch to suit the desires of the individual wearer.

My invention further consists in the construction and combination ofparts hereinafter described, and further pointed out in the claims. 1

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a garment provided with myinvention and an inclosed figurediagrammatically illustrating the use of my improved garment. Fig.2 is aperspective view of a portion of the garment at its lower end, thematerial of which is turned inside out to expose the pouch and reversedto show the rear of the garment; Fig. 3, a like view, the rear breadthof the cloth or fabric of the garment being dropped to show thepouch-forming flap. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation approximately on theline 4 4, Fig. 2.

My invention need not of necessity be applied to a garment of the kindillustrated herein, nor need it be constructed as herein shown anddescribed. I prefer,'however, the form of construction as shown, as itproduces many advantages.

The embodiment of my invention herein illustrated consists in a garmentof any suit able kind, comprising a circular envelop, as indicated bythe numeral 1, which may be either knitted in one piece, as to the body,or made up of rear or front halves 3 5 and secured together at theiroverlapping edges 6 7, as illustrated in Figs. 2'and 3.

The sides of the garment may be separated in the manner usual inarticles of this class.

As before stated, the pouch can be formed on either the front or rearportion of the garment, at and adjacent its lower edge. It isillustrated in .the drawings as being formed on the rear breadth 3.

To form the pouch, I extend the particular breadth of fabric (either bycutting away the opposing breadth, by knitting the particular breadthlonger, or by adding to it) which is to be utilized to form the pouchbelow the lower edge of the garment, as at 9, Fig. 3, and form anextension or flap 10. This flap is then turned upwardly from the loweredge of the material, as indicated by the numeral 9, and secured at thesides 11 to the edges of the front breadth by stitching or otherwise, asshown at 12 in Fig. 2, the upper portion of the flap being preferablyturned inwardly and downwardly to form a second or interior flap 18,(seen more clearly in Fig. 4,) the edges of the interior flap 13 beingsecured to the rear breadth by the stitching 12 or other form ofseeurement. This forms a pouch or pocket entirely unobstructed withinits interior eX- tremes, and to prevent the central portion of -thepouch from sagging I secure the turnedover upper edge 14 of the pouch tothe rear breadth 3 of the garment by a line of stitching or other meansof securement 15, preferably intermediate of the edges 11, formingbetween the ends of said line of stitching and the said edges 11independent openings or entrances 16 into the pouch 8, the line ofstitching 15 preventing sagging of the material forming the pouch.

It will be noticed that after the limbs of the wearer have been insertedin the pouch they are not confined by intervening layers of fabric,absolute ventilation can be had within the pouch, the limbs are free andun.- obstructed and can be moved about while reclining withoutinconvenient restriction, and that the restriction formed in the top ofthe pouch by the line of stitching 15 draws the top of the pouchtogether to sufficiently cover the portion of the limb adjacent theupper edge of the pouch to keep the same warm.

Should the garment shrink and it becomes necessary to lengthen out thepouch, it is only necessary to remove the line of stitching 15, and theline of stitching 12 which lies between the points b and the bottom ofthe garment, or if the pouch is to be lengthened to meet therequirements of the wearer, the stitching between a b which representsthe depth of the flap 13, and the line 15 can be released, and in eitherevent the flap 13 can be secured to the rear breadth of the cloth at thepoint desired in the manner before described.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. As an article of manufacture, a garment of the class described,having a front and rear breadth of material, a flap 10 formed byextending the material of one of the breadths beyond its lower edge,said flap being bent over and extended upwardly in front of saidbreadth, and secured thereto at its side edges, and at its upper edge ata point between said side edges, so as to leave unobstructed openings 16leading into the interior of said pouch, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a garment of the class described,having front and rear breadths of material, a flap secured to one ofsaid breadths at the bottom and sides, and at the top at a pointintermediate of the sides, and an extension from the top of the flapextending down between the said flap and breadth, substantially asdescribed.

Signed in the city, county, and State of New York this 12th day ofNovember, 1897.

eIOHV GRUNDY.

Witnesses:

JosEPH L. LEVY, WM. J ACOBSEN.

